Past events
Past Events 2010
10 March 2010
- RAFTS Annual Conference
Location: The Battleby Institute, Redgorton, near Perth
25 - 26 February 2010
- Building Inclusive Rural Communities - Rural Housing Service Annual Conference
The Birnam Institute, By Dunkeld, Perthshire
18 February 2010
- Beauty and the Bog: Artist Talk
Artist Carol Taylor is currently in collaborations with scientists who 'explore and 'explain' the world of plants. She will talk about working with scientists and about the techniques she uses to translate scientific research into art, such as digital photography of dissected plant specimens taken through a scanning electron microscope, wood engraving, drawings and paintings which sometimes have dried plant specimens incorporated into the image.
Joining her will be Dr Rebekka Artz from Aberdeen's Macaulay Land Use Research Institute who will be discussing her work on peat bogs which inspired some of Carol's work.
The talks will take place from 7pm to 9pm and drinks and nibbles will be provided. This will be a great chance to find out more about the artists work and ask questions. They promise to give a fascinating insight into the artistic process and will appeal to artists and non-artists alike.
Tickets cost £10 and are available from:
Dancing Light Gallery
Whitmuir
Lamancha
West Linton
EH46 7BB
or call 01968 660200 to reserve a place.
17 February 2010
- Science Scotland 2010: Collaborating for success
Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
18 - 19 January 2010
Location: University of Stirling
14 January 2010
5.30-8pm. Steps Theatre, Dundee Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee.
This event will feature a presentation by David Sugden, Chair of the RSE Inquiry Facing up to Climate Change, and will be followed by a panel discussion with local stakeholders and a public discussion with an opportunity to feed views into the inquiry.
Public meetings in Aberdeen (3 March 2010); Glasgow (4 April 2010); and Inverness (5 May 2010) to follow.
Past Events 2009
16 December 2009
7.00 pm. Lochaber High School, Sports Hall, Camaghael, Fort William.
This event will feature a talk by Professor Paul Jowitt FRSE, Director of the Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology, Heriot-Watt University, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
3 December 2009
Locaton: MLURI
24 November 2009
Location: Battleby conference centre, near Perth
11 November 2009
- Science and the Parliament, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Event provides an opportunity for the science and political community to come together and discuss some of the key issues facing us today.
10 - 12 November 2009
Location: Center Parcs, near Thetford, Suffolk
9 November 2009
- Rural Land Summit (invitation only)
In September 2008, Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead launched a comprehensive review of land use in Scotland to map out suggested uses for rural land across the country and ensure every part of it is being put to best use, whether through agriculture, tourism, housing, industry, forestry, renewable energy or a variety of other ways.
This work has culminated in a Rural Land Use Summit which will bring together experts and interested organisations from across Scotland to hear and debate the findings and its implications. Information coming from the research and the summit will provide an evidence-base for Government, local authorities and communities to make use of in understanding the potential of their land and informing their decisions on how it is used.
Read Richard Lochhead's statement on the launch of the project here.
3 November 2009
- Plant Soil Interaction Meeting
A joint meeting of the Scottish Root Group and the Scottish Soils Discussion Group of the British Society of Soil Science.
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.
Draft Programme - 9:30 - 16:00
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Richard Bardgett, Lancaster University
Dr Penny Hirsch, Rothamsted Research Institute
2 November 2009
- Soils Group Seminar by Dr Harald Kellner, Agricultural University of Gembloux, Belgium
12 -1pm at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen. All are welcome.
31 October 2009
The Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT) Annual Conference
Location: Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh
Programmes are available to download.
27 October 2009
- 2009 Winter Seminar Series - Professor Richard Aspinall, "Ecosystem services and an ecosystem approach"
2pm at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen. All welcome.
27 October 2009
- Farming for a Better Climate - Open Meetings for Advisors/Consultants and Farmers/Landowners
Advisor and Consultant meeting - Tuesday 27 October, Thainstone, Inverurie
For further details and to book a place please see the website: www.farmingforabetterclimate.org or download a leaflet.
20 October 2009
Location: London
16 October 2009
- 'Imaging and modelling transport through mycelial networks'
Seminar by Mark Fricker at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen.
Zoology Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen, 1pm
15 October 2009
Uwe Schneider
Institute of Sustainability and Global Change
Dep. of Geosciences and Economics
University of Hamburg, Germany11.00 - 12.00, Kings College, University of Aberdeen
8 October 2009
Organised by SCI Agriculture and Environment Group, and IPSS (Society of Chemical Industry and the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists)
Location: SCI, 14-15 Belgrave Square, London
7 - 8 October 2009
Two day conference and workshops organised by SCRI and the Moredun Research Institute supported by RERAD as part of the KnowledgeScotland initiative.
The focus will be on Responses to Climate Change, Protecting Biodiversity and Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability of Rural Scotland.The workshop will consider the evolution of these important themes and the increasing attention being paid to Health and Wellbeing in the research being done for the Scottish Government.
Location: Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
13 May 2009 - 1 October 2009
- Soil Association Scotland: Climate Change Programme - Soil, Muck & Money
A series of farm visits as part of the Soil Asssociation's Adapting to Climate Change Skills Programme.
For more information, see the Soil Association website.
26 September 2009
To be held at RGU, Garthdee, Aberdeen as part of Techfest 2009.
To book tickets contact Jane Morrice on 01224 395277. This event is unsuitable for under 16s.
17 - 18 September 2009
- The Changing Nature of Scotland: A conference for everyone with an interest in a healthy environment
Location: Perth
5 - 10 September 2009
- British Science Festival - University of Surrey, Guildford.
Read the blogs of Diana Feliciano and Emma Woodham, winners of the MLURI student bursary to attend the festival.
7 September 2009
- Presentation on the relationships between climate change and adaptation of agriculture in Australia
Alison Laing, CSIRO Australia
At the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Cragiebuckler, Aberdeen at 1pm
14 - 15 September 2009
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry UK Branch, Annual Meeting 2009
Environmental and Human Health
Location: London
3 September 2009
Hosted by the law department of the University of Aberdeen.
For more information, see www.abdn.ac.uk/rural-law
10 - 16 August 2009
The aims of National Allotment Week are to;
For more information about gardening, you may wish to visit the Macaulay Soils website and The Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen website.
- Promote the awareness and availability of allotments both locally and nationally;
- Show both the public and local authorities the strength of support for and interest in the heritage of allotment culture;
- Highlight the social benefits of allotment gardening, which include benefits to health, education and community well-being to all.
6 July 2009
Location: Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen
Exhibition open to delegates and members of the public
25-28 June 2009
- Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh
Saturday 6 June 2009
Friday 5 June 2009
-
Murder, Mystery & Microscopes: Unearthing the science behind crime fiction
Friday 5 June 2009
- Macaulay Lecture - "Living on a Shrinking Planet: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustaining Global Land Use"
Thursday 21 May 2009
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, 12.30 - 1.30.
18 - 21 May 2009
-
Lakes for Living, Lakes for Life International Conference 2009 - Windermere, Cumbria
Thursday 14 May 2009
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ACES Lecture: Biodiversity loss and ecosystem change: consequences for people and the environment
12 May 2009
5 - 7 May 2009
British Society of Soil Science Spring Conference,
Heriot-Watt Campus,
EDINBURGH
30 April 2009
- Mitigating agricultural and moorland water pollution in drinking water supply catchments in northern England - a seminar by Paul Kay from the University of Leeds.
20 - 22 April 2009
- BES Symposium 2009. - For further details of this specific event, contact Rob Brooker
View press release relating to this event.
12 February 2009
- Happy Birthday Darwin by Lucy Gilbert
Past Events 2008
28-29 October 2008
FRESH seminar, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. Theme: "Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Communities".
25 October 2008
Scottish Association of Geography Teachers conference, Edinburgh
This conference provides an excellent opportunity to make contact with education and for the Institute to showcase its teaching resources developed for the Geography curriculum.
21 October 2008
Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction – preparing to adapt our ways and manage Scotland's climate risk. Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.
20-21 October 2008
Royal Entomological Society: Scottish Regional Meeting
Venue: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen 10:00 to 16:00hr 21st October.
- Multimap location / Transport direct routeplanner
Convenors:
- Craig Macadam (RES Regional Secretary)
- Jenni Stockan (Macaulay Land Use Research Institute)
The meeting will comprise a programme of short papers/presentations, each lasting 30 minutes (including discussion). Poster presentations are also welcomed.
The meeting will be preceded by a wine reception on Monday 20 October 16:00 to 18:00 to which all attendees are invited.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Nikolai Friberg (Macaulay)
"Responses of aquatic insects to changes in riparian land use" - Graham Osler (Macaulay)
"Mitey Scotland: understanding how land use change will affect soil mite diversity across Scotland" - Nick Littlewood (Macaulay)
"Impacts of Upland Grazing Changes on Invertebrate Assemblages: five years of the GRUB experiment" - Chris Hall (Macaulay)
" Effects of endocrine disrupting compounds on terrestrial molluscs - possible implications for invertebrate biodiversity" - Mark Young (Aberdeen University) " The effect of changing grazing levels on populations of rare burnet moths (Zygaenidae) in western Scotland"
If you would like to offer a paper or poster contribution on this theme, please contact the convenors.
Keynote addresses: Dave Goulson (Bumblebee Conservation Trust)
The nearest hotels are Palm Court 01224 310351, Hilton Tree Tops 01224 313377 and Cults Hotel 01224 867632. Details of accommodation can be found at http://guide.visitscotland.com
13-16 October 2008
ECN Meeting, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. For further details of this specific event, contact Helen Watson
8 October 2008
Economic drivers of long-run biodiversity change - Nick Hanley - Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen, further information.
Organised by the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES) - For further details contact: Professor Steve Redpath
26 September 2008
Rural Land Use Study; a review of how Scotland values its land. Venue: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
13-14 September 2008
Techfest is an annual event in Aberdeen with lots of fun displays, interactive shows and games for the family audience. The Institute participates in this event and this year will be taking our Soils theme exhibition for the Family Activity Weekend.
11 September 2008
Sustainable Scotland - Choosing our future. Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.
9 September 2008
British Association of Science, Festival of Science, Liverpool
The Institute will be participating in the BA annual science Festival. For further details of this specific event, contact Clare Neely.
Liverpool Daily Post article.
3-5 September 2008
AluSiv Clay Minerals Group Conference, with the British Society of Soil Science, and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.
17-19 July 2008
Global Land Project workshop at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. For further details of this specific event, contact Carol Ann Stannard
19-22 June 2008
Royal Highland Show, Ingliston
The Institute will be attending this annual event with our exhibition on Climate Change. We can be found in the Scottish Agricultural College marquee next to the Main Ring.
6 June 2008
The 32nd T B Macaulay Lecture, Aberdeen will be given by Professor Mark Shucksmith from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on “Does the idea of Integrated Rural Development still have any place in Scotland?”.
5 June 2008
"Science for Life" lecture, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, to be given by Professor Sir Robert Watson, Defra Chief Science Advisor on “The science, economics, politics and ethics of climate change”. Numbers limited. (18 MB ppt and 22MB MP3 audio)
4 June 2008
Inter-institute Student Event.
30 May - 1 June 2008
Gardening Scotland 2008 at Ingliston, Edinburgh. The Institute will be showing exhibits such as the Soil Testing Kit, and the soil 'breathing' demonstration seen at the Royal Highland Show and Macaulay Lecture last year.
21-22 May 2008
All Energy '08 Conference and Exhibiton.
29 April 2008
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and the University of Aberdeen are pleased to announce the launch of the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES)
ACES is an inter-disciplinary research centre integrating environmental, social and economic science to address a range of pressing environmental issues, from the sustainable management of biodiversity to the impact of climate change. To celebrate the launch, the Scottish Minister for the Environment, Mike Russell MSP, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Chief Executive Richard Aspinall, and University of Aberdeen Principal Duncan Rice, will make brief presentations followed by academic speakers from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and the University of Aberdeen.
There will be presentations throughout the morning, beginning at 10:30 am, followed by a buffet lunch, finishing at approximately 1 pm. The launch will be held on the Old Aberdeen Campus of the University.
29 April 2008
The Implications of Climate Change for Land Capability, Victoria Quay Edinburgh. A talk by Dr Iain Brown
1 April 2008
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh Science Festival. Talk by Dr Robin Matthews, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute entitled “Climate Change: winners and losers".
26-27 March 2008
SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference ‘Agriculture and the Environment VII Land Management in a Changing Environment’ Edinburgh.
Colin Campbell, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute will be presenting the Keynote paper in the Conference Themed Session ‘Soil functions and soil protection’ entitled “Protecting the Nation's Soils - Past, Present and Future”.
Andy Vinten, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, will be giving a talk entitled “Identifying Priorities for Pollution Mitigation in Scotland Using National and Local Scale Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Benefit Analysis – A Case Study for Phosphorus Pollution of Rivers” in the Conference Themed Session ‘Land Management and Achieving good water quality’
13 March 2008
Dr Richard Birnie from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute will be giving a presentation entitled “Living without oil” (or can we just get it from the fields?), at the Royal Northern and University Club, Aberdeen. This discussion lunch is organised by Paull & Williamsons.
For thousands of years people have depended upon the land for both food and energy, and over 40% of the world’s population still depend upon wood fuel for cooking and heating. In Scotland, the connection between land and energy has long been broken; first through the use of coal and more recently through use of oil and gas. This experience has been similar to most industrialised countries.
However, the recent US drive for biofuel production, and the related demand for grain, has reconnected land, food and energy issues in a way that we did not anticipate even 5 years ago. The aim of this networking lunch is to explore whether land-based energy production has any place in the post-oil energy economy of Scotland. Based upon research at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen, we will explore the potential contributions of a range of biomass energy sources and identifies those with most economic potential.
Richard Birnie has been involved in research on land based renewable energy systems at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute for over 15 years. His work has mainly focussed on identifying resource potentials, and assessing social attitudes towards the related developments. Whilst most of his work has been concerned with renewable energy developments in Scotland, he has also done some work in China on the impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on local food security.
12 March 2008
How do you like your woods? (320KB pdf poster)
As part of the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) 2008 Festival of Science, we are interested in your view on woodland landscapes. What is it that you like about woodland landscapes?
Woods are increasingly important for people, wildlife and timber production. How well do our woods manage to provide for these uses?
If you have 20 minutes to spare please join us at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute where you will be able to choose between different woodland landscapes shown on our Virtual Landscape Theatre
www.macaulay.ac.uk/landscapes
Drop in between 9.00am and 5.00pm or book a slot for friends or family. Sessions begin on the hour, every hour and last 20 minutes
Free parking • Disabled access
Contact Lesley Forbes to book your place.
T:: 01224 498200
Every hour on the hour. You will also have the opportunity to watch and comment on two films on landscape and water research.
28 February - 2 March 2008
Global Land Project workshop at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. For further details of this specific event, contact Carol Ann Stannard
Past Events 2007
28 November 2007
Science and the Parliament at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.
27th - 28 November 2007
The Virtual Landscape Theatre (VLT) was at the Scottish Natural Heritage (Battleby) Best Practice Workshop on Participation.
16 November 2007
The 31st T B Macaulay Lecture, Aberdeen was given by Professor Alastair H Fitter from the Department of Biology at the University of York.
1 November 2007
Autumn / Spring seminar series began.
30 October - 1 November 2007
The 2nd International Soils Forensics Conference, Edinburgh
Contact forensics2007@macaulay.ac.uk for information
27 October 2007
Scottish Geography Teachers' Conference, The Edinburgh Academy
21-24 June 2007
See some of our Royal Highland Show exhibits
Royal Highland Show, Royal Highland Centre. Edinburgh
23 -24 May 2007
All Energy, Aberdeen
19 March 2007
ABSORB Launch, Aberdeen
The launch of the ABSORB publication brought together researchers, research commissioners and policymakers to discuss research and policy, and knowledge exchange.
For more information contact Wendy Kenyon or see the website.
9 March 2007
17 January - 21 March 2007
2006-2007 Autumn/Spring seminar series, (Word document).
Past Events 2006
10 November 2006
30th T B Macaulay Lecture, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
1 November 2006
Science and the Parliament 2006, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
28 October 2006
Scottish Association of Geography Teachers Conference, University of Dundee
19-20 October 2006
OECD Investment Priorities for Rural Development, The Hub, Edinburgh
16-17 September 2006
Techfest 2006, Beach Leisure Centre & Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen
10-13 August 2006
Landscape Research Weekend, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
22-25 June 2006
Royal Highland Show, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
4-7 June 2006
PATH (Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology) conference, Edinburgh
18 March 2006
BA National Discovery Day, Satrosphere, Aberdeen
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